Summary

South Korea already had a strong hold on the 2006 Olympic short track competitions before the start of the women's 1,500 m final, and it appeared it would get only stronger. The six-woman field for the final contained all three South Korean entrants. Among them were [Jin Seon-Yu] and [Choi Eun-Gyeong], who had divided the last three overall world titles, as well as the last three 1,500 m world titles. They were complemented by [Byeon Cheon-Sa], the 2004 3,000 m World Champion.

As the race ended, it appeared that South Korea had swept the event, as Jin finished first, with a large gap to Choi and Byeon. But Byeon was subsequently disqualified for impeding 500 m champion [Wang Meng], who therefore moved up to bronze medal position.

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